05.02.2018
- Against the backdrop of synchronous global growth, American chemistry output held its own in 2017 despite hurricane disruptions. For the first time in a decade, the world’s major...
04.02.2018
- DowDuPont has posted strong results for the fourth quarter of 2017, the first full quarter of operations for the combined company. The US chemicals producer saw sales rise 13% to...
04.02.2018
- South Korea’s Daelim has agreed with Thailand’s PTT Global Chemical (PTTGC) to jointly develop a proposed ethane cracker and PE complex in Ohio, USA. The project has been under...
04.02.2018
- Lending fuel to the ongoing controversy in the Philippines over the possible side effects of Sanofi Pasteur 's Dengue vaccine Dengvaxia, an initial report by the Philippine General...
01.02.2018
- Nutrien, formed by the merger between Canadian fertilizer giants Agrium and Potash Corp of Saskatchewan (PCS), has agreed to acquire Agrichem, one of Brazil’s largest liquid NPK...
01.02.2018
- Poland’s Grupa Azoty has signed a long-term loan agreement for up to €145 million with the European Investment Bank (EIB), which will help it fund major projects. “Our agreements...
01.02.2018
- US oil and gas company Enterprise Products Partners and UK shipping group Navigator Holdings have formed a 50:50 joint venture to build a 1 million t/y ethylene export terminal on...
01.02.2018
- Solvay will invest €6 million at its site in Rheinberg, Germany, to expand sodium bicarbonate capacity. Startup is planned by the end of 2018. Actual capacity figures were not...
01.02.2018
- Saudi International Petrochemical Company (Sipchem) is considering investing in shale-based projects in the US, CEO Amad Al Ohali said in an interview with Bloomberg news agency...
01.02.2018
- Kaneka Aerospace, a wholly owned subsidiary of Kaneka Americas Holding, has acquired Henkel’s benzoxazine-based high-performance composites business for an undisclosed sum. The...